Guild Wars 2

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images. The new purple raptor rider graphic is awful. It looks like it has a color palette of about 8 colors, maximum.

While I don’t necessarily disagree with you, I also don’t see them spending any development time on this issue.

I am not crazy about the colors either, but I would rather they reduce the size because it is just too wide and goes past the edges of my screen. It gets annoying having to move it everytime.

Serenity.6135:

I am not crazy about the colors either, but I would rather they reduce the size because it is just too wide and goes past the edges of my screen. It gets annoying having to move it everytime.

How…. how? Is your screen like 200px wide?

Nitpickers corner: It would be nice if they could at least crop the layered window to the space it actually requires. the taskbar thumbnail shows there’s a lot of unused space at the bottom. I guess it’s still the original game’s launcher size which actually used that bottom part, but it empty since HoT.

Maybe they still use it to make some lazy window centering calculation possible, but that’s kinda hacky.

Serenity.6135:

I am not crazy about the colors either, but I would rather they reduce the size because it is just too wide and goes past the edges of my screen. It gets annoying having to move it everytime.

Unfortunately in this era of 4K the minimum screen resolution is 1366×768 and in only a few short years that minimum resolution will become 1080p.

I actually like it. But I’m a weird one.

I like it too and I’m most assuredly not weird.

Hannelore.8153:

Serenity.6135:

I am not crazy about the colors either, but I would rather they reduce the size because it is just too wide and goes past the edges of my screen. It gets annoying having to move it everytime.

Unfortunately in this era of 4K the minimum screen resolution is 1366×768 and in only a few short years that minimum resolution will become 1080p.

in my opinion 1080p is the average nowdays…..

Zoltreez.6435:

Hannelore.8153:

Serenity.6135:

I am not crazy about the colors either, but I would rather they reduce the size because it is just too wide and goes past the edges of my screen. It gets annoying having to move it everytime.

Unfortunately in this era of 4K the minimum screen resolution is 1366×768 and in only a few short years that minimum resolution will become 1080p.

in my opinion 1080p is the average nowdays…..

Surely for TVs and desktops, but 720p and x768 are still very common in cheaper HDTVs and portables such as laptops (mostly ultrabooks, now).

Hannelore.8153:

Serenity.6135:

I am not crazy about the colors either, but I would rather they reduce the size because it is just too wide and goes past the edges of my screen. It gets annoying having to move it everytime.

Unfortunately in this era of 4K the minimum screen resolution is 1366×768 and in only a few short years that minimum resolution will become 1080p.

Fun-Fact: the Launcher has a window-size of 1120*976 pixels and the image that is shown in it (the raptor, etc.) is roughly 1120*780 pixels big. So even on a screen with 1366×768 pixels it wouldn’t fit (especially if you take into account that the task-bar takes up the lower 40 pixels (on win 10)).

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images. The new purple raptor rider graphic is awful. It looks like it has a color palette of about 8 colors, maximum.

OMG, YOU JUST SAID WHAT I WAS THINKING…
I mean, Excelsior.

You are so right. When I played DOS games on Win95 (“Dosbox”) and hit the windows key, the palette would screw up and it was all either bright lime-green or purple/pink and yellow/orange (and the game got stuck and the last note played from the soundcard sustained forever). I knew that particular colour composition from somewhere, and it really looks like some EGA game!

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images.

By doing this it would completely defeat the purpose of Anet presenting to us the next expac PoF through a thematic visual presentation.

Anet did the launcher the way it is in order to give its players a taste of what is to come in PoF.

Sorry to hear that you think it’s ugly but it’s highly unlikely that it will be changed as per your suggestion.

I don’t really understand the OP’s complaint. The original launcher was only black with a bit of red, the HoT launcher was only a few shades of green. This is the style of GW2 launchers. Looks perfectly fine to me.

Its not ugly, but the color is kind of to strong. The previous dark green was calming.

It’s not perfect, but isn’t bad either, IMO. I think it isn’t relevant enough to waste time on it, really.

Have seen games in the past, example the Civilization series, that would let you select which opening page you would see when you started the game. Not sure how much priority I would put on this over other changes though. You really only do see it for the time it takes to enter you password after all, but I do appreciate where you are coming from since your brain will associate that as the branding aspect.

I also like it and don’t call me normal, I find that insulting

I don’t care what it looks like, I only see it for a few seconds while logging in.

Mea.5491:

I don’t care what it looks like, I only see it for a few seconds while logging in.

^This.

Why is this even a concern? I don’t understand anyone wanting Anet to waste resources to change a launch screen you see for all of 5 or 6 seconds.

SMH

jheryn.8390:

SMH

what does this mean?

https://youtu.be/ai2n4uKA9V8

Another non-issue, just press the play button and screen is gone

The launcher is the best by far.

Djinn.9245:

I don’t really understand the OP’s complaint. The original launcher was only black with a bit of red, the HoT launcher was only a few shades of green. This is the style of GW2 launchers. Looks perfectly fine to me.

Same feeling here, I’m not opposed to the color palette theme for the new expansion. My only complaint is on the new character select (which we saw in both demo weekends), where I wish the background was a bit lighter to give a better contrast with the characters. I don’t know anything about colors or anything like that, so for me to suggest some arbitrary “20% lighter” would be meaningless.

I love this new launcher way better than the old one.

AncientYs.8613:

jheryn.8390:

SMH

what does this mean?

Shake my head.

jheryn.8390:

AncientYs.8613:

jheryn.8390:

SMH

what does this mean?

Shake my head.

cool :> thanks ^^

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images. The new purple raptor rider graphic is awful. It looks like it has a color palette of about 8 colors, maximum.

think wut u wanted was something lik this?

https://i.redd.it/9c9a6vryffez.png

note, i just seen it, i’m not the maker

You’re opinion is invalid, I like it. It’s only a launcher get off your high horse.

Are there really that many people sitting around just looking at the launcher all day? Don’t people just open it then hit play straight away?

Even if there’s an update it’s still only on screen for max a couple of mins, and you don’t have to sit there looking at it, do other stuff on the PC while you wait.

you gonna play the game or stare at the launcher? Move on and stop crying over nothing important.

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images. The new purple raptor rider graphic is awful. It looks like it has a color palette of about 8 colors, maximum.

I guess they should have ran it by you first to get your approval, eh? Then when someone disagreed with your choice, what would you tell them?

mazut.4296:

Its not ugly, but the color is kind of to strong. The previous dark green was calming.

Not like you have to look at it for a long time…

Kythan Myr.4719:

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images. The new purple raptor rider graphic is awful. It looks like it has a color palette of about 8 colors, maximum.

I guess they should have ran it by you first to get your approval, eh? Then when someone disagreed with your choice, what would you tell them?

Yep, purple is one of my favorite colors

All you people want the devs to spend effort on the launcher, a screen you see 0.82274 seconds on average before you hit the play button?

Jaxom.7310:

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images. The new purple raptor rider graphic is awful. It looks like it has a color palette of about 8 colors, maximum.

think wut u wanted was something lik this?

https://i.redd.it/9c9a6vryffez.png

note, i just seen it, i’m not the maker

honestly, that fits the PoF theme allot better and is calm to the eyes.

We should have a premium login client for those that pre-purchased. It should have moving graphics like in a gif or whatever, and shimmer like gold foil or whatever.

I like my launcher <3

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images. The new purple raptor rider graphic is awful. It looks like it has a color palette of about 8 colors, maximum.

You know that is the art style of the game right? low, vibrant colors in a water color style.

You know the style they have used for like since beta….

I don’t mind the appearance at all but it would be nice if it opened in the center of the screen. :P

Jaxom.7310:

think wut u wanted was something lik this?

https://i.redd.it/9c9a6vryffez.png

note, i just seen it, i’m not the maker

Holy kittens! That looks far more fitting a better.

The launcher image is much more fleshed out compared to the previous ones. It sounds like you are just not a fan of the color palette.

Personally I always liked GW2 art and the PoF launcher looks better then the previous ones.

My only gripe with it is its position when its launched. It sits vertically lower on the screen instead of center screen like the previous ones. Visually that part doesn’t feel right.

Fully agree, it’s very ugly.

I don’t like the female norn (?) on a raptor for launcher, I don’t see what that has to do with the expansion theme. I don’t understand why it’s purple, too.

It should be a stylised version of Balthazar, and probably red. Just my 2c anyway….

Esquilax.3491:

Fully agree, it’s very ugly.

I don’t like the female norn (?) on a raptor for launcher, I don’t see what that has to do with the expansion theme. I don’t understand why it’s purple, too.

It should be a stylised version of Balthazar, and probably red. Just my 2c anyway….

it’ll prob come out that lyssa is the real baddie not balth, thats why its all purp, but still don’t lik the looks of it either

Jaxom.7310:

Esquilax.3491:

Fully agree, it’s very ugly.

I don’t like the female norn (?) on a raptor for launcher, I don’t see what that has to do with the expansion theme. I don’t understand why it’s purple, too.

It should be a stylised version of Balthazar, and probably red. Just my 2c anyway….

it’ll prob come out that lyssa is the real baddie not balth, thats why its all purp, but still don’t lik the looks of it either

yeah it could porbably be that Lyssa is working behind the scenes pulling on balthazars strings to make him do her dirty work :>

Jaxom.7310:

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images. The new purple raptor rider graphic is awful. It looks like it has a color palette of about 8 colors, maximum.

think wut u wanted was something lik this?

https://i.redd.it/9c9a6vryffez.png

note, i just seen it, i’m not the maker

I don’t like that much the current launcher, but Balthazar in brownish…. ugh, that is UGLY for me.

It’s just a launcher. You look at it for maximum 20 secs before pressing “ready”. It can’t be that much of a bother.

I am sure the purple/pink color is due to the Brand from Kralk. We are going to be dealing with the dragon as well as Palawa Joko and Balthazar.

It makes complete sense. HoT – Green for mordy. Original black for Zhaitan.

How is it hitting the edges of your screen!? Do you have the zoom turned up on yours?